As Netanyahu meets Trump in Washington, what hope for peace in Gaza? Expert Q&A: The US government “remains upbeat” about the prospects for at least a ceasefire in Gaza, according to the latest reports from Washington, where the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been meeting the US president, Donald Trump. Netanyahu handed the US …
Have you noticed that Nigel Farage doesn’t talk about Donald Trump anymore?: Each is the main political subject in their country, and one is the main political subject in the world. Each rode the populist wave in 2016, campaigning for the other. In 2024 the tandem surfers remounted on to an even greater breaker. Yet, …
Why flattering Donald Trump could be dangerous: This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. Once again Donald Trump and his senior team are unhappy with their press coverage. Here’s the US …
Trump breaks from western allies at G7 summit as US weighs joining Iran strikes: Working alongside western democratic allies has not been a natural fit for Donald Trump. The US president left the recently concluded G7 summit in Canada early, with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron assuming this was to work on addressing the most …
Investors are calling Trump a chicken – here’s why that matters: Calling someone “chicken” might sound like a playground insult, but it’s exactly the label some financial investors have begun attaching to US president Donald Trump. The “Taco” trade, short for “Trump Always Chickens Out”, has gained traction in financial circles in recent weeks, as …
Most South African farmers are black: why Trump got it so wrong: When world leaders engage, the assumption is always that they engage on issues based on verified facts, which their administrative staff are supposed to prepare. Under this assumption, we thought the meeting at the White House on 21 May between South Africa’s president, …
History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin: The policy of appeasement – strategic concessions to an aggressor that are designed to avoid war – is generally most closely associated in the UK with the Conservative leader Neville Chamberlain, prime minister between May 1937 and May 1940. When Chamberlain …
US-Ukraine minerals deal looks better for Kyiv than expected – but Trump is an unpredictable partner: The United States and Ukraine have finally signed a long-awaited agreement on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction – and, at first reading, the details appear more favourable for Kyiv than many observers expected. At the core of the “economic partnership agreement” …
Trump takes a line from ‘world’s coolest dictator’: What a difference a dictator makes. Some world leaders get a rough ride in their Oval Office meetings with Donald Trump – most famously, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who the US president and his entourage publicly disparaged in their now-notorious meeting at the end of February. …
L’Égypte sous pression : un fragile jeu d’équilibriste entre Gaza et Trump: En 2019, le président américain Donald Trump avait décrit le président égyptien Abdel Fattah al-Sissi comme son « dictateur préféré », mais leurs relations sont complexes. Le retour de Trump à la Maison Blanche pour un second mandat a suscité des inquiétudes au …
The White House press pool became a way to control journalists – Trump is taking this to new levels: The recently appointed White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has begun her tenure combatively, aggressively defending the Trump administration’s policies and, at times, mimicking Donald Trump’s methods of dealing with the mainstream news media. Faced recently …
Egypt on edge: finding a delicate balance between Gaza and Trump: US president Donald Trump famously called Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi his “favourite dictator” in 2019, but their relationship has been complex. Trump’s return to the White House for a second term has sent ripples of concern through Cairo. In January 2025, Trump proposed …
Trump mineral deal with Ukraine offers hope but little in the way of security: If you want to get an idea of how Donald Trump’s mind works (and this can change from day to day, as we know), it’s worth taking a look at his TruthSocial website. As I write, beneath a video pinned to …
Why so many Latino voters supported Donald Trump: For many observers of the 2024 US presidential election, Donald Trump’s ability to harness so much of the Latino vote remains one of the more puzzling issues. Latino voters – men in particular – swung decisively towards Trump last November: increasing by 16 points from 2016 to …
The US tried high tariffs and ‘America first’ policies in the 1930s. Trump should note what happened next: Donald Trump has hit the 30-day pause button on imposing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, but is proceeding with slapping 10% tariffs on Chinese imports, and tariffs on the EU are still on his agenda. Trump …
L’OMS en Afrique : trois risques liés au retrait de Trump: La décision du président Donald Trump de retirer les États-Unis de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) sera vivement ressentie dans le monde entier, avec des répercussions majeures pour la santé en Afrique. Dans le décret lançant le processus de retrait, Trump a également …
Why Village People’s YMCA is actually a great fit for team Trump: It was a bizarre sight watching a huge gay 1970s disco hit being performed at Donald Trump’s 2025 pre-inauguration rally. Many prominent artists from Beyoncé to Bruce Springsteen prohibit Trump from using their music. So why do Village People – a band synonymous …
Trump pulls out of WHO and Paris – how did international bodies get through deglobalisation last time around?: Donald Trump has ordered the US to leave the World Health Organization. Skorzewiak / Shutterstock Following Donald Trump’s return to the White House, much attention has been given to his plans for tariffs on imported goods, deportations …